This layout is for a challenge at another site. We are given an old photo and challenged to make up a story about it.
JOURNALING
For Women's Rights:
Leading the Way
After doing some research on an old photo I found, (above left), I discovered the woman in this picture is the wife of my first cousin once removed (or SOMETHING like that). Anyway, her name was Julia Obear and she played a small, but significant part in the ratification of the 19th amendment, signed into law 8/18/1920, guaranteeing women's suffrage. The National Women’s Party spearheaded this movement and, when they moved into new headquarters in Washington DC, all of the staff members were women. My cousin Julia was one of their bike messengers. I found a second photo of her on her route. (above, right) And the picture below of the NWP picketing the White House (circa 1917) reportedly shows Julia "on the line." (second from left below.) Family lore is that Julia is the messenger who, in the summer of 1920, carried the news to NWP headquarters that Tennessee had become the 36th state to ratify the amendment, giving it the necessary three fourths of the states to become law.
CREDITS: PHOTOS: Library of Congress (Obear pics); public domain (NWP pic); PHOTO MASKS: "Torn Treasures" - Pink Reptile Designs; KIT: "Twinkle Twinkle" by Artgal Style, FONTS: Arial; Shelley Volante; OldNewspaperType; ALPHAS: "Fall is Here" - Southern Creek Designs; "Twinkle Twinkle" - Tracy King and Paste Optional Designs
